The crew of the Fina, Heath saw, was small but mighty.
The moment she was knocked over, they surrounded her attacker, blow after blow landing until the pirate laid crumpled on the ground next to her. Fergie hoisted her into his arms, whisking her away from oncoming pirates.
Heath snatched his sword from his hand, kicking him hard in the forearm when he began to protest. Squinting into the monstrously loud, dark night, she swiped the blade in front of her and laughed in delight at the satisfying sound of bloodspill.
"I'm back in the game!" She shouted to Fergie, who only grunted in response. He was probably frightened. Heath only felt exhilarated. Finally, after so many days waiting in that dinky gray cell for others to rescue her, she could rescue herself again. She could see more pirates coming. "Spin me around," she yelled to Fergie.
Heath couldn't even feel the pain from her wounds anymore. All there was resided in the thrill of slicing, stabbing and fighting her way through the hoard of Cuban pirates. She wanted their bodies to match the color of their sail. She wanted them to feel the pain she had felt.
Gore had never bothered Heath, especially when the stray body parts belonged to the enemy. Piles of limbs were not new to her, neither were ubiquitous puddles of blood. These things didn't disgust her, tonight; rather, they energized her.
Striking one pirate in the head with the flat of her sword, she dipped down to sink her blade into his chest. Another from behind -- she grinned, swinging the bloody sword in a wide arc that caught two Cuban pirates in the neck and chest, knicking the ear of another.
"Careful," Fergie called over the screams of the dying men.
Heather laughed, jabbing her blade at his leg. "What, can't handle a little gore, Ferg?"
He grimaced, charging toward the last remaining clump of pirates. Heath screamed, barring her teeth as they attempted to scatter. Too late, her sword had already swiped through two, now three. She lifted it to strike the fourth.
And when the last man crumpled and fell, the sun spilled over onto the deck, hauling with in a haunting silence and a soft bath of light.
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House Of Gold
Przygodowe-Prequel to A Pirate's Life For Me- **currently editing** Olivia Ramsey is finally striking out on her own. She's had it with school and family and everything else in between. When she meets pirate captain James Ramsey, her plans to run away by her...
